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Morning Calm Birthing Services is the only foreign-owned registered childbirth service company in Korea. The Company is owned by Adele Vitale, a Certified Birth Doula and Childbirth Educator (CBI) as well as a Trainer for the Labour Doula and Childbirth Educator certification courses offered by Childbirth International. Adele is also a Dunstan Baby Language Educator and former HypnoBirthing® Instructor.

The Company was founded in 2014 to assist expat families having a baby in Korea, whether it's their first, or their fifth. In a little over two years of activity, the certified doulas, childbirth educators and breastfeeding counselors making up the Morning Calm Team supported over 200 families all over Korea, helping them find trusted care providers and a supportive birthing facility, draft their birth preferences, and offering evidence-based, up-to-date information on all things pregnancy and birth, as well as hands-on support during labour and in the early postpartum days. Contrary to popular belief, birthing services are valuable not only to couples planning a natural birth, but also to those who want to avail themselves of medical pain relief and interventions, and even for planned C-sections. As fellow mothers and expats who have lived in Korea for a number of years and had their babies here, the team at Morning Calm are especially suited to support couples from the early stages of pregnancy to the early newborn days, and beyond.

Morning Calm Birthing Services is headquartered in Ulsan but offer their support to families nationwide

An increasing number of international insurance companies now refund these services, in recognition of the positive impact that prenatal education and labour support have on birth outcomes (fewer medical interventions, including Cesarean sections).